Inflatable toy airplane



1949. w. cz. MILLER 2,4?6,678

INFLATABLE TOY AIRPLANE Filed Jan. 14, 1947 a a; I,

Patented July 19,1949

UNITED STATES PATENT oFricEj 2,476,678 $313? flifiiiiif ApplicationJanuary 14, 1947, Serial No.

1 Claim. (Cl. 4677) This invention relates balloon type, and

small supply tube extending therefrom through which a lighter-than-airgas may be injected into or extracted from the airplane by a bulb at theend of the tube.

Toy balloons signs and in difierent shapes to imitate or reor gastherein. These toy balloons are sometimes provided with extending cords,but they can only be inflated or deflated by drawing the device downwardand opening an inlet nipple thereof.

With these ends in view, this invention contemplates a toy balloon orairplane with a small extending supply tube having a bulb at the endfrom the toy.

A purpose of this invention is to provide an improved activated toy ofthe balloon type wherein the toy may be controlled so that it willascend or descend as the operator thereof desires.

The toy may be of any size or shape, although it is preferred that it bemade to imitate an deflated position it may be With these and otherobjects in view, the invention includes a thin rubber toy or device,such as an airplane, with a small supply tube extending therefrom andwith a bulb preferably containing a eras lighter than air attached tothe end of the tube.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawings. wherein:

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the elements as they appear in use withparts broken away.

Figure 2 is a partial section throu h the body of the device on line 2-2of Figure 1, with the ends of the wings and lower portion of the supplytube broken away.

The inflatable toy is formed with a body portion, a bulb, and aconnection tube, and with a lighter-than-air gas distributed through theparts, the bulb may be compressed to force a be released to withdrawsome of the gas wherein the body will overbalance the lifting force anddescend.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference charactersindicate corresponding parts, the inflatable toy of this inventionincludes a hollow body III, a supply tube l and a bulb l2.

In the design shown, the body I [I of the toy is provided with wings l3and M, a rudder 15, an elevator l6 and a propeller ll, The body portionmay be provided with a bulge 18 to represent a cabin of an airplane, andthe tube II to the under surface thereof connection I9. The opposite endof the tube H is connected to the bulb I2 through a similar socket orconnection 2!).

The inflatable rubber balloon or airplane of this invention includes,therefore, a body element which may be made in the form of an airplane,animal or other object or device, a or gas may be injected into the bodyportion, and a tube connecting said body portion to the bulb.

The elements may be manufactured and supplied in the assembledpositions, as illustrated in Figure 1, and the elements may contain agas that is lighter than air, so that when the bulb is compressed, andair or gas therein forced into the body of the airplane, it will ascend,as

.hereinbefore described.

It will be understood that modifications may be made in the design orarrangement of the lighter-than-air gas, the volume of gas within theballoon when the bulb is released being slight- 1y less than the amountrequired to cause the balloon to rise, and the increased amount of gas15 1590973 4 within the balloon caused by the collapsing of the bulbbeing sufiicient to cause the balloon to rise in the air.

WALTER C. MILLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 817,442 Page Apr. 10, 19061,243,287 Haigh Oct. 16, 1917 1,633,238 Bassett June 21, 927 Jatunn Nov.6, 1928

